Montréal Canadiens at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Dec 9, 2023 · KeyBank Center · 2023–24 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

3 – 2

Final/SO

Buffalo Sabres

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in a shootout on Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at KeyBank Center. Cayden Primeau made 46 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–48.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
MTL	0	2	0	0	3	3	31
BUF	0	0	2	0	2	2	48

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	12:59	MTL	EV	Jayden Struble (1) · tip-in	Johnathan Kovacevic (1)	1–0
2nd	13:13	MTL	PP	Nick Suzuki (8) · wrist	Mike Matheson (14), Sean Monahan (8)	2–0
3rd	01:06	BUF	EV	Jeff Skinner (12) · wrist	Tage Thompson (8)	2–1
3rd	06:36	BUF	EV	Kyle Okposo (4) · wrist	Connor Clifton (4)	2–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:44	MTL	Johnathan Kovacevic	tripping	2
1st	15:15	MTL	Cayden Primeau	tripping	2
1st	16:40	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	tripping	2
2nd	03:02	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	interference	2
2nd	11:00	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	roughing	2
2nd	11:00	BUF	Eric Robinson	boarding	5
2nd	11:00	BUF	Eric Robinson	game misconduct	10
2nd	17:13	MTL	Gustav Lindstrom	holding	2
3rd	13:58	BUF	Tage Thompson	interference	2
3rd	15:44	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	fighting	5
3rd	15:44	BUF	Connor Clifton	fighting	5
3rd	18:54	MTL	Christian Dvorak	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: MTL 3.02 · BUF 4.72 · xG% MTL 39.0

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		29:48	28
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	66.7	22:26	24
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	1		20:50	26
91	Sean Monahan	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	66.7	18:40	22
47	Jayden Struble	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	0		14:27	18
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	5		22:03	26
22	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0		21:47	24
52	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		21:30	26
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	40.0	21:21	24
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-1	5	2	1	2		18:10	19
28	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	62.5	17:21	24
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	0		16:58	21
27	Gustav Lindstrom	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		15:09	19
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:33	21
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		12:52	16
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		9:44	14
13	Mitchell Stephens	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7:54	13
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2:50	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Cayden Primeau	W	48	46	2	.958	64:37

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	0		24:03	28
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	0	1	+1	0	7	0	0	50.0	23:25	23
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	0	0	6	3	1	50.0	15:28	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	1	1	+1	5	1	1	5		13:21	16
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	8	1		29:28	28
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	+1	0	5	1	1	47.6	27:01	25
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		23:54	25
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		22:46	24
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		20:46	25
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		19:42	22
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	55.6	18:50	22
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:37	22
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:36	16
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	30.8	11:15	19
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:01	18
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	33.3	9:03	12
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	15	2	1	0		6:32	9
63	Isak Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		4:12	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
27	Devon Levi	OTL	31	29	2	.935	65:00